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Prosecuting DDoS Attacks?

Posted by timothy on from the secret-prisons-too-good-for-'em dept.

dptalia writes "We all have heard of major DDoS attacks taking down countries, companies, and organizations. But how many of them are ever prosecuted? And how many prosecutions are even successful? I've done some research and it appears the answer is very few (Well duh!). And those that are successfully prosecuted tend to have teenagers as the instigators. Does this mean DDoS is a fairly safe crime to conduct? Are the repercussions nonexistent? Does anyone have some knowledge an insight into this that I don't have? How would you go about prosecuting a DDoS attacker? What's your experience with getting the responsible parties to justice?"

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  1. Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We get away with it daily here.

  2. Ask slashdot by dominious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean DDoS is a fairly safe crime to conduct?

    Oh I see "someone" is very interested in DDoS attacks for "research" right? Dude, listen, just give the link here and your problems will be solved.

    1. Re:Ask slashdot by rtfa-troll · · Score: 5, Funny

      No no; that's the DDOSer's command and control site. Can't you tell just by looking at the comments? At first sight they look as if written by a human, but if you start to read them they are all free of meaningful content and obviously just disguised botnet commands. What else could they be?

      --
      =~ s,(.*),<sarcasm>$1</sarcasm>,g if any_point_you_wish();